forsake

IPA: fɔrsˈeɪk

(transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
(transitive, obsolete) To decline or refuse (something offered).
(transitive, obsolete) To avoid or shun (someone or something).
(transitive, obsolete) To cause disappointment to; to be insufficient for (someone or something).

Examples of "forsake" in Sentences

Don't Forsake Haiti.
The Jews are willing to forsake usury.
They are required to forsake clothings.
They chose not to marry and to forsake the world.
The desire of them was to forsake denominationalism and creeds.
In this instance, Jesus tells the man to forsake this sin of loving money.
After the meeting, Randal forsakes his home to pursue the studies of a wizard.
He rejected the third proposal on the ground that he could not forsake Medina.
To forsake this tradition would be a sign of moral weakness and spiritual impoverishment.